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PAPAKURA COURIER, MARCH 16, 2011
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Police call for witnesses
to car crash at Kingseat
By DAVID TAURANGA
A car crash in Kingseat that left a man
impaled by a fence post has police
appealing for witnesses.
Pereki Kaihau, 20, crashed through
a paddock fence and slid down a bank
on Glenbrook Rd around 2pm on
March 3, the serious crash unit says.
A 3-metre fencepost smashed
through the windscreen and airbag of
Mr Kaihau's Honda Civic then through
his left shoulder and into the back
seat.
Firefighters had to cut Mr Kaihau
from his car.
He was airlifted to Middlemore Hos-
pital in a critical condition, constable
Bayley Orr says.
He underwent a nearly six-hour
operation to remove the post but amaz-
ingly he's made a remarkable recovery
and was discharged from hospital last
week.''
Police are waiting to interview Mr
Kaihau and for blood tests to deter-
mine if alcohol was a factor.
Ms Orr believes there was another
person who was a witness to the inci-
dent.
But this person left before police got
any of their details so we would really
appreciate being able to speak with
them again.''
Call constable Bayley Orr at the
serious crash unit on 261-1310 with any
information.
Team set to
revive town
By HINERANGI VAIMOSO
Moving forward: Progressive
Papakura interim chairwoman
Alyson Wilcock and fellow
business owner Tony Harrison
are keen to get on with the job of
revitalising the town centre.
Photo: HINERANGI VAIMOSO
THE main street of Papakura
was once a bustling business
hub and if Alyson Wilcock
and her eager team of busi-
ness owners have their way it
will be once again.
Mrs Wilcock, the owner of
Harvey World Travel Papa-
kura, thought she was one of
the few Papakura business
owners who cared about the
future of the town centre.
But when she found she
was one of 54 locals at a pub-
lic meeting looking to set up a
business action group, her
faith was restored.
Now she's the interim
chairwoman of the newly
dubbed Progressive Papa-
kura until an official execu-
tive committee has been
appointed.
It's a committee Mrs
Wilcock is hoping she can
continue to lead.
We want motivated people
who believe in this town,'' she
says.
To see a turnout like that
at the meeting was incred-
ible. It proved that people do
care about this town and care
about bringing people back
into town. That's what I
believe this is about --- bring-
ing the people back to town.''
A date for the meeting to
appoint the committee has
not yet been set but Mrs
Wilcock is urging anyone
with ideas to come along.
Public consultation will be
a tool regularly used by the
committee to keep ideas in
line with the wants and
needs of local businesses and
shoppers alike, she says.
Progressive Papakura's
aim will be to attract
affordable retailers to keep
locals shopping locally.
Mrs Wilcock would also
like to put a focus on
attracting children into the
town centre.
The children are our
future and we nourish them
within town,'' she says.
Robert Harris owner/oper-
ator Tony Harrison says he's
keen to get involved with Pro-
gressive Papakura because
he wants to see the town fulfil
its potential and cement its
character as a tight-knit and
interactive community.
We want to see this town
to be a thriving hub for the
people of Papakura and the
surrounding districts,'' he
says.
Mrs Wilcock says she's
eager to get stuck in.
The Progressive Papakura
committee won't have any
influence in the infrastruc-
ture around the town or the
layout but it will have major
pull in attracting businesses
that best suit the town's
identity, she says.
We want affordable but
not tacky.
I've got plenty of ideas up
my sleeve but it's not all up to
me and people need to know
that this is their decision and
they've got an opportunity to
have their say.''